'Meet the Grunion' program Tuesday evening at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium

The aquarium exhibit hall will open at 8 p.m., with a film on
grunion
to be screened at 9 p.m. The cost to attend is $5 for adults and $1 for
seniors, children and students.

Afterward, those who wish to participate will head to the beach to
await the spawning run, which has a projected two-hour window of 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

Grunion runs are a sight to behold. For four consecutive nights,
beginning on full and new moon phases during spring and summer, the
small silvery fish leave the water to spawn on beaches. The shoreline
may glisten with fish as the silversides attempt to lay and fertilize
their eggs.

Grunion may only be caught in the months of March, June and July, and
only by hand. Catchers 16 and older must possess a valid state fishing
license.

There is no limit to the number of fish that may be caught, but the
state Department
of Fish and Game asks that people only catch what they will eat.